For your edification, a look back at the phrases, nouns, and neologisms that have, for better or for worse, shaped the week’s national discourse.

Myanmar [my-ehn-mawr], noun: The formerly very terrifying Southeast Asian nation that is now only highly terrifying and will therefore welcome Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next month.

Natalie Wood [nat-uh-lee wuhd], noun: The West Side Story actress whose mysterious 1981 death is the subject of a newly reopened police investigation, a Vanity Fair Sex and Scandal issue, and a forthcoming 48 Hours episode.